yeah it is really dumb. turning the city streets/subways into some form of open-air unmanaged mental care institution is such an obviously dumb policy for everyone involved that obviously this is not the end-state of society
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johndoe8891
#326027
2025-09-10 22:10
Some guy was running around half naked with a visible ankle monitor, threatening everyone around the door of the gallery was closed already it was scary
this scene except I was unarmed and drunk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxlV_hoAnXI
nothing against frat boys from duke, etc, etc
you would meet interesting people at 4am in the LES back then. I understand now you mostly meet frat boys from Duke
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Sherie_Margaret
#326024
2025-09-10 22:09
Dead💀
it was like the moron version of the crocodile dundee scene with the knife
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punk6529
#326018
2025-09-10 22:08
oh yes in the years later I was like "oh, fuck, that was dumb"
but at the time, i would like to reemphasize that I was so drunk that I did not even realize I was getting mugged so "thoughtful decisions" were not exactly on the agenda
oh yes in the years later I was like "oh, fuck, that was dumb"
but at the time, i would like to reemphasize that I was so drunk that I did not even realize I was getting mugged so "thoughtful decisions" were not exactly on the agenda
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AshtonTekno
#326008
2025-09-10 22:06
such a wack experience sorry you went through that but, you defend your self which i would do the same (have done so at times) depending on the circumstance.
Years ago I was held up by a few people by gunpoint and at that point i was thinking about a million things just like damn is this it? and what not. Thankfully I was meeting up with some friends and they came to aid me but, was like i hope he don’t start shooting. They got shook and ran off. Thankfully. 1 million ways this coulda went wrong. 🙏🏾
what was shocking? this is my old hood
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johndoe8891
#325812
2025-09-10 21:38
I was at an art Gallery yesterday on broom st in the city left a couple of min early to wait for my uber I was shacking
probably. maybe.
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GarryB1rd
#325995
2025-09-10 22:04
Wait you’re a real person
anyway point is I am not a suburban "OMG NYC IS SCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARY" but WTF obviously you have to be against "crime" like wtf political position is this
"ha ha ha bro, did we get mugged last night ha ha ha"
we were morons
i had two roommate
we were young
and I was like "WTF can't I turn my head to the right"
my shirt is all ripped
i woke up the next day
and eventually we went home at like 5am
and I had never seen such a thing before
because this was a while ago
and was very impressed
which I looked at
ended up in a hole in the wall after hours place and some stripper who was i guess also after working hours out offered to show me her special place ring
we kept drinking
anyway we were too drunk to be concerned that we were mugged
but literally my first thought was "wait, why would I give these kids my wallet" and then that went out of my mouth
when you are an aspiring gangster
really kindof embarrassing to lose to three drunk investment bankers/mgmt consultants
the kids definitely did not win their gang initiation mugging merit badge
I am incredibly lucky that I did not get knifed
my shirt got ripped
and my my friends and kicking and punching and so on
so they jumped me
like I was too drunk to realize I was being mugged
and I was too slow and I was like "why would I give you my wallet"
3
and said "give me your wallet"
come up to me on Houston LES older days
these three kids 17 years old
the muggers must have thought I was slow
obviously I was drunk
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punk6529
#325901
2025-09-10 21:55
it is true it works. i am for sure not a wimp. i lived in NYC for a very long time, i got mugged on the lower east side, beat up, fought back, kept my wallet and continued to go out drinking and partying until 4am (I woke up the next day and could not move my neck)
and I can tell you nobody likes the annoying low-level stuff - it pushes away people, hurts the experience for those who stay and I think does in time escalate
it is true it works. i am for sure not a wimp. i lived in NYC for a very long time, i got mugged on the lower east side, beat up, fought back, kept my wallet and continued to go out drinking and partying until 4am (I woke up the next day and could not move my neck)
and I can tell you nobody likes the annoying low-level stuff - it pushes away people, hurts the experience for those who stay and I think does in time escalate
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chrisroc
#325895
2025-09-10 21:53
In criminology, the broken windows theory states that visible signs of crime, antisocial behavior and civil disorder create an urban environment that encourages further crime and disorder, including serious crimes.[1] The theory suggests that policing methods that target minor crimes, such as vandalism, loitering, public drinking and fare evasion, help to create an atmosphere of order and lawfulness.
"oh, look we found the last reserve of Great Pandas. Let's use it to test our bombs"
like what is wrong with you
what do you mean you are going to decriminalize shoplifting there
it is one of the great shopping districts on the planet
it is bizarre that "yeah we should probably keep shoplifters out of SoHo" is some type of long-lost art of governance
and everyone would love them
they could do all the other social stuff they want
if Democrats could just do that